It’s been raining mightily this morning and yet the cats beg to go outside and play. I let them out and they run straight for the puddles and dance in the fresh muddy soil that I laid down last weekend in an attempt to revitalize the lawn situation. A half-hour later I get up to …
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Belly Watch: 24 Weeks
Things are getting large in the belly department. Baby Skelton has graduated from gentle tap dancing to full-on Beat Street inspired break-dancing. He really gets the party bumping just before the sleepytime hours. He seems really invested in the Project Runway finale. Two quick kicks means he likes the design and a random flailing of …
Dancers Wanted
Frustration. Too much to do and the blog withers on the vine as I attend to other matters. I need an Army of Me’s to get through my lists of to-do’s. Seems like a month has gone by since we got back from Vegas. Has it only been a week? Vegas delivered in big ways …
Las Vegas: Take Five
We’re heading out to Sin City today for the much anticipated wedding of John and Allison. The misses is a bit handicapped for this adventure as she’s wisely sworn off the sauce while carrying our progeny. So now everything rests on my shoulders to represent Team Skelton in the Vegas trenches. Vegas has become in …
2006 Twins Highlight Reel[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVcju97G158] We’re going to be playing baseball in October!! What an exceptional year for the Twins. It’s too bad I won’t be back in Minnesota to watch the games. Twins Baby Beanies for everyone. P.S. I simply love watching Gardenhire loose his cool and go off on umpires. We should all be …
Rockabye Baby!Baby Rock Records transforms timeless rock songs into beautiful instrumental lullabies, sending your little one to a slumberland of sweet dreams. Delicate instruments such as the glockenspiel, vibraphone, mellotron, harp and bells create a soothing atmosphere of sound. These charming recordings are sophisticated enough for everyone to enjoy, yet gentle enough for your little …
Medieval Grill Work I have no special love for the dentist but I don’t have any aversion to the dentist either. It’s just that, well, i’ve had other things on my mind for a while. And by ‘a while’ I mean THE LAST FIVE YEARS! For good or ill, I subscribe to the ‘If It …
Swanky SectionalGinormous ‘run of the mill’ sectional available on Craigslist. You’d have to have some excess square footage in your family room to pull this one off. Even then, I’m not sure if you’d want to.
Dance of The Headless Bourgeoisie Another successful one-day Cannonball Run journey to Seattle and back. This time to witness Nomeansno rock the El Corazone. The band played with ferocious energy inspiring a packed house to leave everything on the dance floor. This was the first gig of their tour and luckily we’ll get to see …
Homebrew For The Nearly Heartbroken Just like the old kids song from my youth, the cat did actually come back. Not “the very next day” but she eventually found her way home. Gabby disappeared over a week ago Saturday night. A whole gut wrenching week went by before last Friday afternoon, when she came rambling …